diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
index 9585be554e..c08b1892db 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 		// It's just us and another person
 		if(grablist.len == 1)
 			var/mob/M = grablist[1]
-			if(!my_mob.Adjacent(M)) //Oh no, we moved away
+			if(M && !my_mob.Adjacent(M)) //Oh no, we moved away
 				M.Move(pre_move_loc, get_dir(M, pre_move_loc), total_delay) //Have them step towards where we were
 
 		// It's a grab chain